Taffy has his corner The Ainslie Rex Hotel has honoured one of its consistent and oldest drinkers – a 69 year-old Welshman. He is Taffy Shepherd, pictured, of Ainslie (ACT). Taffy sits in one corner of the hotel every day… Read More ›
Australian Capital Territory Hotels
Draught beer off in Canberra
SUPPLIES of draught beer have “dried up” in four Canberra-hotels and canned and bottled beer supplies are dwindling. Hotel Kingston barmaid Marg Kean (pictured) is shown pouring beer from a can for a customer yesterday. The only other man in… Read More ›
Barrels of fun: Two week beer drought ends in Canberra
‘Roll out the barrel’ — and the beer drought is on the run. Mr B. Kelly, of Braddon (pictured), cellarman at a city hotel, unloads draught beer yesterday. The drought ended for some Canberra hotels and all clubs when the… Read More ›
Pubs full to the brim on Canberra’s first ‘wet’ Sunday
Hotel bar staffs through out Canberra were “flat out” yesterday, bottle departments were “booming” and beer gardens were “chock-a-block” on the first “wet” Sunday in the ACT. A spokesman for the Statesman Hotel at Curtin said the hotel’s… Read More ›
Taffy’s Corner at ‘The Rex’: Regular drinker honoured with a plaque
The Ainslie Rex Hotel has honoured one of its consistent and oldest drinkers – a 69-year-old Welshman. He is Taffy Shepherd, pictured, of Ainslie. Taffy sits in one cor-ner of the hotel every day for about six hours, and the… Read More ›
Poet was always thirsty
NEAR the Hotel Wellington at Canberra stands a statue of Scotland’s Bobbie Burns. A close look at the poet’s eyes reveals that, while one of them gazes steadfastly in the direction of a nearby church, the other thoughtfully… Read More ›
Clearing the air: Banning smoking in pubs
TOM Nicholls had been drinking at the Kingston Hotel in the Australian Capital Territory for 30 years in 1993 when the push started to ban smoking in pubs. Australian pubs were notorious for smoke filled rooms, with long ash-trays, skirting… Read More ›
Publicans’ Purse scooter race raised money to build the Queanbeyan swimming pool
AFTER taking a dip at Queanbeyan (NSW) next time, consider also visiting a local pub to pay homage to the publicans who helped build the popular swimming pool. A scooter race especially for publicans, over a half-mile, followed the annual… Read More ›
Women’s dry argument with the Rex bar
THE Hitching Rail Bar, the male stronghold of the Canberra Rex Hotel, was invaded yesterday by about 30 members of the Women’s Electoral Lobby demanding the same service as men. Hotel employees refused to serve them, saying the bar was for men only. They were… Read More ›